Combined rocking-chair and bath.



No. 633,398. Patented Sept. I9, I899.

' B. STBAUBE.

COMBINED ROCKING CHAIR AND BATH.

(Application filed Aug. 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATE T FFICE.

RICHARD STRAUBE, OF LAUENSTEIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO CARL KURSAWE, OFDRESDEN, GERMANY.

COMBINED ROCKING-CHAIR AND BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,398, datedSeptember 19, 1899.

Application filed August 15,1898. Serial No. 688,603. (No model.)

To n, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD STRAUBE, a subject of the King of Saxony,residing at Lauenstein, Saxony, Germany, have invented a certain new anduseful Combined Rocking- Chair .and Bath, (for which application forLetters Patent has been made in Great Britain, No. 15,974, dated July21, 1898; in German Empire, No. 5,348, dated February 10, 1898; inAustria, dated July 19, 1898; in Hungary, No. 10,323, dated July 20,1898; in Switzerland, No. 18,927, dated July 21, 1898, and in France,No. 267,783, dated July 23, 1898,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combination of a rocking-chair and bathhaving the appearance of a rocking-chair while combining theusefulnessof both articles.

The accompanying drawings show the article in Figure 1 in frontelevation as a rocking-chair, with the canvas or other covering formingthe seat and back in place, Fig. 2 being a longitudinal vertical sectionof the article as a hip-batl1,with the canvas shown in full lines. 1

The bath A does not materially differ from the usual shape. It consistsof a deep basin with rounded bottom, becoming fiat toward the back a.The front edge of the bath is preferably provided with a round beading(L2, constituting a comfortable support for the legs of the user. Thebath is preferably made of sheet-zinc. The walls as far as they arevisible, more particularly the side Walls a,

can be covered withwicker-work or painted to imitate it or ornamented inother desired manner.

The bath is built or let into the frame of the rocking-chair B andsupported by it by'means of suitable supports, such as b b. The chair Bis provided in front with a foot-rest 1). Owing to the curvature of itslower frame the bath can be used in different positions, so

that the back is at a greater or smaller angle relatively to the ground,so that the water fills up the front part of the bath or extends up theback. In the first case it constitutes a hip-bath, in the second aso-called body= bath. The chair, and therefore the bath, can be fixed inany desired position by means of blocks 0 c or adjustable supports onthe frame of the chair or by similar means. This capability of occupyingdifferent positions is a great advantage of the new article over theordinary hip-bath.

To facilitate emptying, a valve or screwplug may be arranged at thebottom of the bath.

Having emptied the bath, the article can be reconverted into a chair byattaching the canvas or seating D, by means of hooks d at its ends, tosuitable parts of the framing. The seating extends in a curved linebetween the beading a and the upper part of the back of the chair,dipping somewhat into the now empty space of the bath, Fig. 2, and formsa comfortable seat, the interior of the bath being thus covered andhidden from view.

The chair-frame may be of wood or of metal and may be ornamented orconstructed according to taste, and the means of suspension of the bathmay be arranged to suit the ma terial or construction of the chair.

I claim- In a combined rocking-chair and bath, the combination with thechair-frame, of the tub or receptacle having a rounded bottom and fiatback, carried by the chair-frame,whereby the bath may be adjusted todifferent positions, means for holding said frame in adjusted positionand a flexible seating adapted to be removably attached to thechair-frame substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD STRAUBE.

. Witnesses:

' C. J. Hum DUMONEY, G. T. TLIVINTRLDT.

In witness whereof I hereto set my hand in

